Kansas City Royals vs Toronto Blue Jays
May 6, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 6, 1983 at Exhibition Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Kansas City Royals 1, Toronto Blue Jays 6

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 5 0 1 0
Washington ss 5 0 0 0
Brett 3b 5 1 2 0
McRae dh 4 0 1 0
Aikens 1b 2 0 2 0
Otis cf 4 0 1 1
White 2b 4 0 0 0
Simpson rf 3 0 1 0
Wathan c 3 0 1 0
Gura p 0 0 0 0
  Armstrong p 0 0 0 0
  Tufts p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 9 1
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Collins lf 3 1 0 0
Garcia 2b 5 2 3 1
Bonnell cf 5 2 3 2
Johnson dh 4 0 0 0
Barfield rf 4 0 4 3
Iorg 3b 2 0 0 0
Martinez c 2 0 0 0
  Moseby pr 0 0 0 0
  Whitt c 1 0 0 0
Upshaw 1b 4 0 1 0
Griffin ss 4 1 1 0
Stieb p 0 0 0 0
  Geisel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 12 6
Kansas City 001 000 000191
Toronto 000 101 31x6123
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gura  L (4-2) 6.1 8 4 4 3 3
  Armstrong   0.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Tufts   1.1 2 1 1 2 1
Totals 8.0 12 6 6 6 4
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Stieb  W (5-2) 8.1 8 1 1 3 10
  Geisel   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 9 1 1 3 10

  E–Brett (5), Upshaw 2 (8), Stieb (1).  DP–Kansas City 3, Toronto 1.  2B–Kansas City McRae (5,off Stieb), Toronto Barfield (3,off Gura); Bonnell (1,off Armstrong); Griffin (5,off Tufts).  HBP–Simpson (1,by Stieb).  IBB–Iorg (1,by Gura).  SB–Wilson (14,2nd base off Stieb/Martinez); Garcia 2 (11,2nd base off Gura/Wathan,2nd base off Armstrong/Wathan); Bonnell (2,2nd base off Gura/Wathan); Barfield (1,2nd base off Armstrong/Wathan).  WP–Armstrong (2).  HBP–Stieb (3,Simpson).  IBB–Gura (2,Iorg).  U-HP–George Maloney, 1B–Steve Palermo, 2B–John Hirschbeck, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–3:07.  A–12,699.

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